3 Minute Wave Management Guide - A Guide for League of Legends

[00:00] when playing league of legends knowing

[00:01] how to correctly manipulate minion waves

[00:03] is one of the most important mechanics

[00:05] in the game and one of the most

[00:06] overlooked mechanics in lower elo there

[00:08] are three different methods of

[00:09] manipulating a minion wave you can fast

[00:11] push a wave freeze a wave or slow

[00:13] pressure wave and we'll go over what you

[00:14] should use and when firstly fast pushing

[00:17] this is very straightforward just kill

[00:18] all the minions as quickly as possible

[00:20] to push your minions into their tower

[00:21] this is possibly the weakest way to

[00:23] default push and should only really be

[00:24] used in two circumstances the first

[00:26] being that you want your wave at your

[00:27] opponent's tower this could be for any

[00:29] reason such as your opponent has roamed

[00:31] and you're looking to deny farm or

[00:32] simply you can push in for tower plates

[00:34] the second reason to fast push is if

[00:35] you're in danger for example if you've

[00:37] got low health and your risk of being

[00:38] killed or if you know the enemy jungler

[00:40] is looking your way fast pushing is a

[00:41] quick way to get yourself out of that

[00:43] lane and buy yourself a small amount of

[00:45] time to fall back or have backup arrive

[00:47] so what is the downside to fast pushing

[00:49] well usually when doing this you are

[00:50] just forcing a single wave into the

[00:51] tower with minions spawning every 30

[00:53] seconds and taking 5-10 seconds to push

[00:55] a wave in you're not giving yourself a

[00:56] good window to roam or be impactful in

[00:58] any way in addition if you're fast

[01:00] pushing you're letting your opponent get

[01:01] pretty free farm under their tower where

[01:03] they are very safe and if you want to

[01:04] challenge them for this farm you're

[01:05] putting yourself at high risk for no

[01:07] reason also what quite often happens is

[01:09] you've now given priority to your

[01:10] opponent set up a freeze or slow push

[01:12] back at you which can cause you to

[01:13] quickly lose control over your lane the

[01:15] second method is freezing a wave this is

[01:17] pretty easy to set up you just last hit

[01:19] minions when your wave has fewer minions

[01:20] than your opponents as long as the

[01:22] opposing minion wave has two or three

[01:23] more minions in it than yours you should

[01:25] be able to set up a freeze making sure

[01:26] this minion line does not move from

[01:28] where it is there are many advantages to

[01:30] freezing a lane firstly you're keeping

[01:32] yourself incredibly safe and easily able

[01:34] to farm while keeping the opposing laner

[01:36] overextended also freezing is a great

[01:37] option if you're ahead or behind if

[01:39] you're behind it can keep you safe from

[01:40] ganks and all ends and allows you to

[01:42] farm and if you're ahead it's a

[01:43] crippling way to deny your opponent farm

[01:45] and sometimes even experience depending

[01:47] on how far ahead you are the downside to

[01:49] freezing however is that you have now

[01:50] committed to being in that lane for a

[01:52] very long time this means that if the

[01:53] enemy team go for a dragon or herald

[01:55] your opponent will usually have priority

[01:56] over you in addition it means they'll be

[01:58] able to roam and gank without any

[01:59] pressure from you so a good general idea

[02:01] for freezing is that if your opponent is

[02:03] great at roaming don't freeze your

[02:04] teammates will not be happy with you the

[02:06] third and final method is the slow push

[02:07] this is incredibly strong and should be

[02:09] your default way to push and thankfully

[02:11] it's very easy to do all you do is

[02:12] simply push the minion wave slowly last

[02:14] hitting and pushing where you need to

[02:16] what happens following this is you're

[02:17] able to build up two and sometimes even

[02:19] three waves of minions to crash into

[02:20] your opponent's tower this strategy is

[02:22] actually really similar to the fast push

[02:24] except you're pushing more minions into

[02:25] the tower which overcomes the weakness

[02:27] of fast pushing and that you don't have

[02:28] time to be effective where with multiple

[02:30] minions crashed you can now be impactful

[02:32] the main advantages of this are you now

[02:33] have time to roam you can freely back

[02:35] and buy you can often get multiple tower

[02:36] plates and you're pretty safe because no

[02:38] one wants to fight you in a large wave

[02:39] of minions in addition if you do score a

[02:41] kill it is devastating because your

[02:42] opponent is going to miss so much farm

[02:44] essentially this method allows you to do

[02:46] anything you want the only real downside

[02:48] to this method is if you're weaker it

[02:49] may allow your opponent to set up a

[02:50] freeze in their favor but if that is the

[02:52] case either look to push the minions

[02:54] hard into the tower or go in rome i hope

[02:56] you found this guide helpful and here is

[02:57] a cheat sheet of what method to use and

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